I am walking with the speed of light.
\nGoing to the playground with Jack and Michael.
\nWe race ants into the grass.
\nImpenetrable distances.
\nA step or two at a time,
\ndeceiving my crippled knee.<\/p>\n
A stone, like a fallen asteroid
\ndraws our eyes.
\nA piece of space,
\nand we search for others.
\nStep by step we advance.
\nSticks and plastic beads,
\nJack and Michael running off
\nto gather green cones off an evergreen,
\nand I pause,
\nmidway between here and there,
\nlife living, seeing what it wants to see,
\nthat I do not walk well anymore
\nis unnoticed.<\/p>\n
I am keeping up.
\nI go as well as I ever have,
\nexploring, looking at passing clouds,
\nwatching the wind become visible in the dust,
\nwhile I move my feet
\nand think,
\nwe\u2019re almost there.
\nPapa\u2019s keeping up.
\nWhat I do replaces what I can\u2019t,
\nand it\u2019s good enough.
\nFast as a spaceship in Jackie\u2019s eyes.
\nMichael calls me back to something else,
\nwhile the playground waits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am walking with the speed of light. Going to the playground with Jack and Michael. We race ants into the grass. Impenetrable distances. A…<\/p>\n